Recent posts by Leila Atassi, Northeast Ohio Media Group - cleveland.comtag:profile.cleveland.com,2015:leatassi/18265482015-08-02T19:28:16ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceCleveland administration asks Tri-C to lower bid on fire training contract, avoids city council scrutinytag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.166155692015-07-30T19:45:00Z2015-07-30T19:45:00ZWhen Tri-C submitted a $52,400 bid to administer Cleveland's Fire Training Academy, city administrators asked the college to lower it. The revised bid came in just under the $50,000 threshold that would require city council approval on the contract. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
When Tri-C submitted a $52,400 bid to administer Cleveland's Fire Training Academy, city administrators asked the college to lower it. The revised bid came in just under the $50,000 threshold that would require city council approval on the contract.
Cleveland police officers to volunteer in 'kiddie park' at Family Unity festivaltag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165765142015-07-24T23:13:00Z2015-07-24T23:13:00ZA dozen Cleveland police officers have volunteered to work in the "kiddie park" of this year's Family Unity in the Park festival at Luke Easter Park, in the hopes of strengthening the department's relationship with the people it serves. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
A dozen Cleveland police officers have volunteered to work in the "kiddie park" of this year's Family Unity in the Park festival at Luke Easter Park, in the hopes of strengthening the department's relationship with the people it serves.
Civil rights groups challenge constitutionality of Cleveland's new protest rules tag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165746102015-07-24T18:52:18Z2015-07-24T18:52:18ZThe ACLU of Ohio and the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP are challenging the constitutionality of the city's new rules governing permits for demonstrations. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
The ACLU of Ohio and the Cleveland chapter of the NAACP are challenging the constitutionality of the city's new rules governing permits for demonstrations.
Mistakes by Cleveland water department stick Parma condo owners with $163K billtag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165685132015-07-24T11:00:00Z2015-07-24T11:00:00ZResidents of the Concord Square Village condominiums in Parma were slammed with an enormous water bill and threatened with utility disconnection after a series of errors by the Cleveland water department. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Residents of the Concord Square Village condominiums in Parma were slammed with an enormous water bill and threatened with utility disconnection after a series of errors by the Cleveland water department.
Cleveland ends family benefits for unmarried couples after U.S. Supreme Court gay marriage rulingtag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165616182015-07-23T01:48:00Z2015-07-23T01:48:00ZCleveland City Council on Wednesday terminated the city's program offering family benefits to unmarried city employees and their domestic partners in light of last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland City Council on Wednesday terminated the city's program offering family benefits to unmarried city employees and their domestic partners in light of last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage.
Cleveland council members say residents are skeptical of East Cleveland mergertag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165602962015-07-22T21:25:54Z2015-07-22T21:25:54ZCleveland City Council members expressed their concerns Wednesday with a possible annexation of the city of East Cleveland and urged council leadership to study the suburb's assets and liabilities before putting the issue to voters.leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland City Council members expressed their concerns Wednesday with a possible annexation of the city of East Cleveland and urged council leadership to study the suburb's assets and liabilities before putting the issue to voters.
Cleveland mayoral recall organizers miss deadline, say they will try again soontag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165275282015-07-17T20:07:00Z2015-07-17T20:07:00ZOrganizers of an effort to recall Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson missed Thursday's filing deadline to submit about 12,000 signatures in support of Jackson's ouster. But they pledge to try again in September. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Organizers of an effort to recall Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson missed Thursday's filing deadline to submit about 12,000 signatures in support of Jackson's ouster. But they pledge to try again in September.
East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton submits petitions seeking merger with Clevelandtag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165120102015-07-15T20:40:00Z2015-07-15T20:40:00ZEast Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton submitted more than 1,600 signatures to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Wednesday, taking the first steps toward a merger with the city of Cleveland. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton submitted more than 1,600 signatures to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Wednesday, taking the first steps toward a merger with the city of Cleveland.
Cleveland preparations for 2016 Republican National Convention 'on time and on budget,' host committee saystag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.165103932015-07-15T17:43:00Z2015-07-15T17:43:00ZThe 2016 Republican National Convention host committee has raised $30 million so far, mostly from local and state donors, for the event, which is scheduled for the week of July 18, 2016.leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
The 2016 Republican National Convention host committee has raised $30 million so far, mostly from local and state donors, for the event, which is scheduled for the week of July 18, 2016.
Cleveland Airport Director Ricky Smith leaves city to lead Maryland Aviation Administrationtag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.164810592015-07-10T20:42:00Z2015-07-10T20:42:00ZCleveland Airport Director Ricky Smith will leave his position to run the Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's office announced Friday. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland Airport Director Ricky Smith will leave his position to run the Maryland Aviation Administration, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's office announced Friday.
Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance leader Reggie Rucker under federal investigationtag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.164784122015-07-10T19:24:00Z2015-07-10T19:24:00ZReggie Rucker, the leader of the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance, acknowledged this week that he is under federal investigation. He would not elaborate on the nature of the investigation, but said in an interview Thursday, that he has done nothing wrong and that the federal probe will not interfere with the work of his street outreach team. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Reggie Rucker, the leader of the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance, acknowledged this week that he is under federal investigation. He would not elaborate on the nature of the investigation, but said in an interview Thursday, that he has done nothing wrong and that the federal probe will not interfere with the work of his street outreach team.
L.A. sues, Cleveland doesn't, over costly water-billing problemstag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.164210792015-07-01T10:00:00Z2015-07-01T10:00:00ZThe city of Los Angeles claims in a recently filed lawsuit that PricewaterhouseCoopers made a mess of a newly installed billing system -- and that earlier the same team had made similar errors in Cleveland, costing the city millions. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
The city of Los Angeles claims in a recently filed lawsuit that PricewaterhouseCoopers made a mess of a newly installed billing system -- and that earlier the same team had made similar errors in Cleveland, costing the city millions.
Cleveland to collect $1.4 million in admission tax on Cavaliers' NBA Finals runtag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.163131432015-06-17T21:17:00Z2015-06-17T21:17:00ZCity council President Kevin Kelley said Wednesday that the city dramatically underestimated the admission tax collections from the Cavaliers' home games this post-season. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
City council President Kevin Kelley said Wednesday that the city dramatically underestimated the admission tax collections from the Cavaliers' home games this post-season.
Cavaliers' game nights in Cleveland each draw $250K in tax revenue for citytag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.163018692015-06-16T19:06:00Z2015-06-16T19:06:00ZThe city of Cleveland has enjoyed a steady stream of admission, hotel and parking tax revenue on account of the Cavaliers' playoff run this year. After all three home games of the NBA Finals at The Q, the city will have collected $750,000 in taxes. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
The city of Cleveland has enjoyed a steady stream of admission, hotel and parking tax revenue on account of the Cavaliers' playoff run this year. After all three home games of the NBA Finals at The Q, the city will have collected $750,000 in taxes.
Cleveland Police Chief: Officers should see themselves as 'guardians,' not 'warriors'tag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.162550772015-06-10T20:47:43Z2015-06-10T20:47:43ZCleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said during a news conference Wednesday that he will make it his mission to change the philosophy of policing in Cleveland. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said during a news conference Wednesday that he will make it his mission to change the philosophy of policing in Cleveland.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson to update public on status of police reforms (live coverage)tag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.162518412015-06-10T14:23:00Z2015-06-10T14:23:00ZCleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will update the public today on the city's progress in reforming the police department, per the requirements of a federal consent decree released last month. Follow live coverage beginning at 11:30 a.m.leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will update the public today on the city's progress in reforming the police department, per the requirements of a federal consent decree released last month. Follow live coverage beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Cleveland City Council introduces legislation addressing police racial profiling and other biasestag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.162416252015-06-09T10:00:00Z2015-06-09T10:00:00ZCleveland City Council will consider legislation this summer that would ban racial profiling by police officers and require demographic data to be collected to address discrimination when it occurs. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland City Council will consider legislation this summer that would ban racial profiling by police officers and require demographic data to be collected to address discrimination when it occurs.
Cleveland Council approves sale of land to University Hospital, private developer for medical campus tag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.162386702015-06-09T00:21:03Z2015-06-09T00:21:03ZCleveland City Council on Monday approved the sale of an 11-acre swath of land to University Hospitals and Hemingway Development for the construction of a primary-care facility for women and children and a 140,000-square-foot medical campus. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland City Council on Monday approved the sale of an 11-acre swath of land to University Hospitals and Hemingway Development for the construction of a primary-care facility for women and children and a 140,000-square-foot medical campus.
Cleveland's corporate community rallies to help Peacemakers Alliance, outreach workers get paidtag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.162092472015-06-05T16:11:00Z2015-06-05T16:11:00ZCleveland Peacemakers Alliance President Reggie Rucker said Thursday that the city's corporate community has "stepped up in a big way" this week to help him pay his agency's outreach workers.leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance President Reggie Rucker said Thursday that the city's corporate community has "stepped up in a big way" this week to help him pay his agency's outreach workers.
Cleveland City Council to discuss details of consent decree governing police use of force (LIVE coverage)tag:www.cleveland.com,2015:/cityhall/index.ssf/4944.161867762015-06-03T13:00:00Z2015-06-03T13:00:00ZCleveland City Council members will hear from U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach this morning on the details of a recently forged consent decree governing police use of force in Cleveland. leatassihttp://connect.cleveland.com/user/leatassi/index.html
Cleveland City Council members will hear from U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach this morning on the details of a recently forged consent decree governing police use of force in Cleveland.